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"answer_text": "sing and dance"
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"herd sheep",
"play video games with joysticks",
"sing and dance",
"bow and stand"
],
"question": "Pigs can play all the tricks, except _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questi... | We've all heard the story of Three Little Pigs. The third pig foiled the hyperventilating wolf by building his house out of bricks, rather than with straw or sticks as his brothers had done. Less commonly known is that the pig later improved his home's safety profile by installing convex security mirrors at key points... | high20420.txt |
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"answer_text": "do fantastic things during their sleep"
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"options": [
"do fantastic things during their sleep",
"walk through windows",
"climb on roofs",
"walk in a half-awake state"
],
"question": "Generally speaking, sleepw... | There is an endless supply of stories about sleepwalkers . People have been said to climb on roofs, solve mathematical problems, write music, walk through windows, and do murder in their sleep.
In Revere, Massachusetts, a hundred policemen searched for a lost boy who left his home in his sleep and woke up five hours la... | high5913.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "increase the number of passengers"
},
"options": [
"increase the number of passengers",
"fight against Opec",
"develop the finance of France",
"connect other cities"
],
"question": "France introduced high speed ... | It is commonly known that Japan went from a 19th century national economy to a 20th century global economy in a time span of 30 years between 1945 and 1975. What is less known is that Japan, understanding that fast, efficient transport was the key to a global economy, was the first country in the world to introduce the... | high16192.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "You can get more free cups of coffee from Starbucks baristas"
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"It can make the bonding between people much closer",
"It can shorten the distance between strangers and make the journey pleasant",
"It makes us f... | In one study, college students who had important and reality-based conversations were more content than their peers who changed mere amusing remarks. But don't deny small talks just yet.
Psychologists have long said that connecting with others is important to well-being, but just how much conversation we require is und... | high14975.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "she was disappointed in herself"
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"options": [
"she was disappointed in herself",
"she regretted something he had done",
"she was busy trying to fix a friendship",
"she went to by a gift for her mother"
],
"qu... | It doesn't matter if you have one friend or 20, because there are only a few people in this world that can make you truly happy. For me, my family and my three best girlfriends mean everything to me.
Some days I didn't want to go to school because I felt so disappointed in myself but I don't regret a thing. It makes yo... | high1585.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The use of the multi-Touch textbooks"
},
"options": [
"What's the K-12",
"The textbook transformation.",
"The use of the multi-Touch textbooks",
"3D Images"
],
"question": "What may be talked about in the follow... | For hundreds of years, textbooks have put a world of knowledge in the hands of students. Paper textbooks are expensive to produce and expensive for schools to buy. Nowadays information changes so quickly that some textbooks are out of date almost before they're published. And as books are passed along from one student ... | high23101.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "it is difficult to tell what will happen in the future"
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"options": [
"human history is extremely long",
"life has changed a great deal",
"it is useless to plan for the next 50 years",
"it is difficult to tell what wi... | Olaf Stapledon wrote a book called First and Last Men, in which he looked millions of years ahead. He told of different men and of strange civilizations, broken up by long 'dark ages' in between. In his view, what is called the present time is no more than a moment in human history and we are just the First Men. In 2,0... | high18197.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "About 750 days"
},
"options": [
"About five months",
"About two years",
"About 600 days",
"About 750 days"
],
"question": "How long will Patrick Clifford be away before he comes back?",
"question_type": "fac... | September 21, 2050----At a press conference today it was announced that the first tourist heading for Mars will be the 38-year-old US businessman Patrick Clifford. He will leave the earth in the launching window of June 2052 and set his foot on the surface of Mars in November, together with the other 6 astronauts assi... | high3392.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "introduce the new product"
},
"options": [
"report Rikke's daily life",
"prove the value of PC",
"describe modern life",
"introduce the new product"
],
"question": "The writer gives a description of Rikke using ... | When Rikke Dausen in prefix = st1 /Denmarkgoes to get some milk from the fridge, she has trouble getting past the refrigerator door. But it's not because of any physical obstruction. It's usually because the PC monitor in her refrigerator's door has informed her that a new email message has arrived.
Rikke and he... | high19289.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "They are suffering from tough economy."
},
"options": [
"The tipping culture has greatly changed.",
"They are not satisfied with the service.",
"They are suffering from tough economy.",
"They don't know how to tip in ot... | It's generally thought to be impolite not to give waiters some money as a tip after getting good services in western countries. However, hard economic times mean tourists are giving fewer tips, according to a survey .
As many as one third of holidaymakers are giving smaller tips or have stopped tipping entirely, the... | high21070.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "how to make a safe and enjoyable trip"
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"options": [
"where to travel alone",
"how to make a safe and enjoyable trip",
"what to read on travel",
"how to meet new people when traveling"
],
"question": "The main... | Below are some tips for women traveling alone.
Exercise hotel safety
There are many ways you can make a solo stay at a hotel safer. At cheek-in, you might consider asking for a room near the elevator so you won't need to walk down long, potentially ill-lit hallways to reach your room. When filling out guest registrati... | high18829.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "likes doing things regularly and following rules"
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"options": [
"does everything carefully",
"always walks in a certain way",
"never puts a foot into others' places",
"likes doing things regularly and following rules"... | The Man Who Never Puts a Foot Wrong
Some people do not like anything to be out of place. They are never late for work; they return their books to the library on time; they remember people's birthdays; they pay their bills as soon as they arrive. Mr. Dodds is such a person.
Mr. Dodds works in a bank, and lives on his ow... | high16804.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "to set up a carbon market"
},
"options": [
"to cut its emissions by 45%",
"to set up a carbon market",
"to have lower emissions than other countries",
"to increase both emissions and production"
],
"question": "... | China needs to set absolute restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions if it is to fulfill its aim to set up a carbon market over the next five years, a cabinet office think tank said in a paper.
"It is only under an absolute emissions cap that carbon emission permits will become a scarce resource and possess the qualit... | high5085.txt |
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"answer_text": "Young blind jazz prodigy rises in Bolivia."
},
"options": [
"Young blind jazz prodigy rises in Bolivia.",
"Jazz chip is found inside the prodigy.",
"To educate a jazz prodigy in successful ways,",
"Bolivia's jazz prodig... | Jose Andre Montano Baina was born and raised in the town of Totora, Bolivia-not exactly the home of jazz.But now he is taking the Bolivian and the world music scene by storm.He has already performed in some of the country's top occasions including the Legislative Palace and alongside famous musicians like Bolivian rock... | high23667.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "administrators often encourage college students to drop out"
},
"options": [
"about half of the high school graduates continue their studies at school",
"college graduates are believed to be able to earn more money",
"adminis... | The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All high school graduates ought to go, because college will help them earn more money, become "better" people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don't go.
But college has never been able to work its magic fo... | high24108.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "How to dress properly in a business setting."
},
"options": [
"How to dress properly in a business setting.",
"How to choose appropriate attire.",
"Appropriate attire will make a big difference",
"Improper dress will ma... | Being less than perfectly well-dressed in a business setting can result in a feeling of discomfort. And the sad truth is that "clothing mismatches" on the job can ruin the day of the person who is wearing the inappropriateattire --and the people with whom he or she works.
Offices vary when it comes to dress codes. Some... | high777.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "identify drugs and explosives in places like the airport"
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"options": [
"replace real dogs to be as pets for people",
"search for and rescue people who are in trouble",
"help people look after patients in the hospital",
... | Dogs are known for a strong sense of smell. Their noses can be trained to identify different smells. Dogs are often used in search and rescue operations and to sniff for things like drugs and explosives. Some dogs have even been trained to sniff for cancer in people.
Researchers have been trying to reproduce the extrao... | high9867.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "she took the legal responsibilities for their previous mistakes"
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"options": [
"as soon as she learned about the problem, she acted without hesitation",
"she faced facts and apologized sincerely",
"she took the legal respon... | When Mary Barra took the wheel at General Motors in January she inherited a company in good shape. Five years after bankruptcy , its profits were beyond expectations and its share price was rising. But the new boss's to-do list was long: fixing GM's loss-making European arm, keeping up momentum in China amid signs of ... | high6598.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "To introduce the topic of this passage."
},
"options": [
"To tell us how to communicate with family.",
"To introduce the topic of this passage.",
"To inform us that people often ignore cultural diversity.",
"To show us ... | James lives in Hawaii and his mother lives in Korea. James speaks English (he never learned Korean), and his mom only speaks Korean. They communicate perfectly.
Eric is from Honduras, but he lives in the U.S. Eric just started learning English and speaks very little. But, everyday Eric reads the latest local US news o... | high23673.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It is a sign of the inflammation."
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"options": [
"It relates directly to diabetes.",
"It is a sign of the inflammation.",
"It is a sign of cardiovascular disease.",
"It is a sign of physiological effects caused by bul... | They say that sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you. Yet childhood bullying really can damage your long-term health. Gone are the days when bullying was considered an unavoidable and finally harmless part of growing up -- just last month we learned that childhood bullying can lead to p... | high9873.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "It did not become quite popular until 2008."
},
"options": [
"It aimed to handle the economic crisis.",
"It was started by people without houses.",
"It was well received by house designers.",
"It did not become quite po... | In today's consumer world, we've never had so much, yet it seems we've never been so unsatisfied. The cost of housing has been rising for decades, and the cost to the planet has been huge, too. But there is a way to live a simpler, greener, and more affordable life: buy a TinyDwelling home!
TinyDwelling homes are very ... | high13968.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "how to make an effective advertisement."
},
"options": [
"how a man lost and found his umbrella.",
"how to make an effective advertisement.",
"how to find lost things.",
"how to put an advertisement in the newspaper."
... | A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers. "Last week," said he, "my umbrella was stolen from a London church. As it was a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising ,but didn't get it back "
"How did you write your advertisement ?"asked one of the listeners ,a merchant .
"Here it ... | high7686.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "It's important to listen to and read things in order to get used to a foreign language."
},
"options": [
"It's necessary to get explanations in your own language about a foreign language.",
"It's important to listen to and read thi... | Learn a Foreign Language
Spend the time!
The more time you spend with the language, the faster you will learn. This means listening, reading, writing, speaking, and studying words and phrases. This does not mean sitting in class looking out the window, nor listening to other students who do not speak well, nor getting ... | high21064.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "his life would come to an end"
},
"options": [
"his sons were very hardworking",
"his sons would take the adventure",
"his life would come to an end",
"he couldn't keep the secret"
],
"question": "The farmer tol... | There was once a farmer who had a fine olive orchard. He was very hardworking, and the farm always prospered under his care. But he knew that his three sons despised the farm work, and were eager to make wealth, through adventure.
When the farmer was old, and felt that his time had come to die, he called the three sons... | high16810.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The Old Man And The Sea"
},
"options": [
"Treasure Island",
"The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer",
"The Old Man And The Sea",
"The Son Of The Sea"
],
"question": "The above story is adapted from _ .",
"question_... | For eighty four days old Santiago had not caught a single fish. At first a young boy, Manolin, had shared his bad fortune, but after the fortieth luckless day the boy's father told his son to go in another boat. From that time on, Santiago worked alone. The boy loved the old fisherman and always helped him with money a... | high5091.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "He didn't have kids about five years old to offer the bike to."
},
"options": [
"He couldn't carry it home.",
"He didn't know where to get the prize.",
"He couldn't find a proper way to keep it.",
"He didn't have kids a... | The Enzian Art House in Florida was showing movies in the park. One evening, a few weeks before Christmas, they showed The Christmas Storyand had a raffle with a girl's bike as the prize. It was attractive with color1ed streamers , flowers' butterflies, a fascinating bell, all designed to delight a five-year-old girl.... | high18183.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "tell students the differences between colleges and universities"
},
"options": [
"persuade students to go to college instead of schools",
"tell students the differences between colleges and universities",
"help students make ... | What is the difference between a college and a university? This is a good question for students who want to attend a college or a university in the United States.
Colleges and universities have many things in common. Both provide a greater understanding of the world and its past. Both provide education in the arts and ... | high2098.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The Power of Saying hello"
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"options": [
"The Power of Being Talkative",
"My Mother's Influence on Me",
"The Power of Saying hello",
"My Way to Become Vice-President"
],
"question": "What is the best title for... | When I was about 10 one day, I was walking down the street with my mother. She stopped to speak to Mr. Lee. I knew I could see Mr. Lee anytime around the neighborhood, so I just stood there. After we passed him, my mother stopped and said something unforgettable, "You let that be the last time you ever walk by somebody... | high3386.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "very huge"
},
"options": [
"grown in France",
"sold everywhere",
"very huge",
"quite sweet"
],
"question": "It can be learned from the text that Delicious apples are _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions... | For thousands of years, man has enjoyed the taste of apples. Apples, which are about 85 percent water, grow almost everywhere in the world but the hottest and coldest areas.Among the leading countries in apple production are China, France and the United States.
There are various kinds of apples but a very few ma... | high21702.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "unhappy"
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"options": [
"angry",
"lucky",
"glad",
"unhappy"
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"question": "\"Blue\" sometimes means in spoken English \" _ \".",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
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"answer": {
"answer_... | John keeps a record of new words and expressions in English. He usually writes them in a note-book. Then, later in the day, he asks his teacher about them. "Mrs. Thomas, these expressions are new to me. 'She's blue today.', 'You're yellow', 'A little white lie', 'She has green fingers'." After looking at the note-book,... | high1591.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Isabella Stewart Gardner and her museum"
},
"options": [
"how Isabella Gardner realized her dream of being an artist",
"how Mr.and Mrs.prefix = st1 /Gardner added to their collections of art",
"how Isabella's museum was opene... | Isabella Stewart was born in New York City in 1 840.Her father made a great deal of money in the trade.During school,her parents took her to Italy to explore the country's many cultural treasures.
One of the private art collections Isabella visited in Milan had a deep influence on her.She wrote to her friends about... | high23115.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "The Sixty One"
},
"options": [
"Pow Wow",
"Playlist",
"The Sixty One",
"Pandora"
],
"question": "If you enjoy listening to some new music, you can pay a visit to _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
... | While you are online there are plenty of perfectly legal sites where you can listen to music for free. This gives you the chance to listen to music before buying it, discover new music, and create great online playlists that you can share with others.
The Sixty One
The Sixty One is devoted to showcasing obscure or unkn... | high12257.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "he believed they were able to pass the exam"
},
"options": [
"he liked the students who wanted to get a \"B\"",
"he believed they were able to pass the exam",
"he thought any teacher should give them a \"B\"",
"he thoug... | The professor stood before his class of 30 senior biology students, about to pass out the final exam. "I have been honored to be your teacher this term, and I know how hard you have all worked to prepare for this test. I also know most of you are off to medical school or graduate school next fall," he said to them.
"I ... | high22394.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "it consumes natural resources"
},
"options": [
"it makes the world warmer",
"it consumes natural resources",
"it brings severe damage to future",
"it makes growth hard to continue"
],
"question": "The traditiona... | In a world with limited land, water and other natural resources , the harm from the traditional business model is on the rise. Actually, the past decade has seen more and more forests disappearing and the globe becoming increasingly warm. People now realize that this unhealthy situation must be changed, and that we mus... | high15538.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "shy."
},
"options": [
"disappointed.",
"helpful.",
"lively.",
"shy."
],
"question": "At the beginning of Nadia's first day at school, she was _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
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"answer":... | At first Kate thought the Romanian girl could not speak and understand English. Nadia would not reply to anything Kate said. Kate was in charge of showing Nadia around on her first day at Buck Minister Grade School. Kate could not figure out why the school had put Nadia in a class where she could not understand what pe... | high9052.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "suffered the loss of part of their skin"
},
"options": [
"suffered the loss of part of their skin",
"all survived for the duration of the mission",
"were fed and watered by the astronauts",
"participated in 20 experimen... | Humans have launched themselves into the outer space. They've landed on the moon. They've built habitable space stations that orbit the Earth. The next giant leap for mankind is to reach another planet - specifically, Mars.
The problem is that it's no easy task. The planet is 586 times further away from the Earth than ... | high14626.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Study Suggests Video Games Might Help Dyslexics"
},
"options": [
"Video Games are good for children.",
"Study Suggests Video Games Might Help Dyslexics",
"A study about Video Games is being carried out.",
"Children with... | Dyslexia is a learning disorder, it interferes with the ability to recognise words, and for some readers to understand what they have read.
Experts say dyslexia affects about five to ten percent of the population of the United State. Researchers have long known that people with dyslexia write or read words and letters ... | high6361.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The boy couldn't earn enough money with the old man."
},
"options": [
"It was too dangerous to continue fishing.",
"It was time for the boy to return to school.",
"The old man was thought to be a poor teacher.",
"The bo... | The old man fished alone in a small rowboat and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish the boy's patents had told him that the old man was now bad luck, and ordered the boy to join another boat, which caught three good... | high10440.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "normal breathing"
},
"options": [
"mouth-breathing",
"snoring",
"sleep apnea",
"normal breathing"
],
"question": "Sleep-disordered breathing makes it hard for people to have _ while sleeping.",
"question_t... | "Sleep-disordered breathing" is a term for a group of conditions that can interfere with nornlal breathing while people sleep.These include snoring,mouth-breathing and sleep apnea .Sleep-disordered breathing can do more than just leave people feeling tired the next day.It can also affect people's health.In children the... | high21845.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "She felt herself a nobody."
},
"options": [
"She had seven brothers.",
"She felt herself a nobody.",
"She was too shy to go to school.",
"She did not have any good teachers."
],
"question": "Which of the followi... | Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had "seven fathers," because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated into books. Despite her love of readin... | high2107.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Causing childcare costs to go up."
},
"options": [
"Damaging Britain's economic development.",
"Causing damage to women's careers.",
"Decreasing the family incomes.",
"Causing childcare costs to go up."
],
"ques... | High childcare costs are putting British mothers off going out to work. It really is that simple. Eurostat figures show that 66 per cent of mothers in the UK work, less than France (72 per cent), Denmark (86 per cent), the Netherlands (78 per cent) or Germany (69 per cent). This not only damages Britain's economic pros... | high5668.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "listening to light music before bed"
},
"options": [
"listening to light music before bed",
"working out in the gym only in the day time",
"using expensive pillows that sell well",
"drinking lots of water instead of cof... | You're not doomed to toss and turn every night. Although you might not be able to control all of the factors that relate to your sleep, you can adopt habits that encourage better sleep. Start with these simple sleep tips.
No. 1: Stick to a sleep schedule
Go to bed and get up at the same time every day, even on weekends... | high11986.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "Job opportunities."
},
"options": [
"Job opportunities.",
"Financial support.",
"Work training.",
"Child care."
],
"question": "Which of the following services is offered by Goodwill to retired soldiers and mili... | Goodwill welcomes the proven talent of retired soldiers and military family members to its workforce. As Goodwill expands its social enterprise and life-changing mission services, America's heroes and their families are helping us strengthen communities. Goodwill is uniquely intended to connect retired soldiers and mil... | high19302.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "a naughty boy"
},
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"a naughty boy",
"a good student",
"a handsome boy",
"a strong boy"
],
"question": "Mark Twain was _ in his childhood.",
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"... | Mark Twain left school when he was twelve. Though he had little school education, he became the most famous writer of his time. He made millions of dollars by writing. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clements, but he is better known all over the world as Mark Twain, his penname.
Mark Twain was born in 1835 and he wa... | high16031.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "persuade kids to enter a contest"
},
"options": [
"persuade kids to enter a contest",
"ask kids to read more books",
"encourage kids to buy Boys' Life",
"advertise some children's books"
],
"question": "The purp... | Say Yes to Reading
Write a one-page report titled "The Best Book I Read This Year" and enter it in the Boy's Life 2012 "Say Yes to Reading!" contest.
The book can be fiction or nonfiction. But the report has to be in your own words-- 500 words tops. Enter in one of these three age categories :
* 8 years old and younger... | high3219.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "it was quite friendly to the writer"
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"options": [
"it pretended to be friendly to the writer",
"it wanted to attack the writer",
"it was too scared to run away",
"it was quite friendly to the writer"
],
"ques... | One cold morning in winter, I went alone to a hillside to do some hunting. I sat there waiting for about an hour. Suddenly, a big beautiful deer appeared less than 20 feet away from me. There was no cover near him. Surely I could shoot him.
To my surprise, he came toward me! He was curious, I suppose, or maybe he was s... | high11038.txt |
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"answer": {
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"answer_text": "The Young Ones"
},
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His agent, Kate Benson told CNN Mayall died suddenly ; she did not know the... | high19464.txt |
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Hawking has left much for Chinese to think about.
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Ordinary People Change The World!
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All the time you spent memorizing multiplication tables may have made you a better mathematician, according to a new study. A team of scientists from Stanford University, in California, have shown how the brain reorganizes itself as kids learn math.
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Harcourt Learning Direct offers you a way to get a Specialized Associate Degree in all of ... | high18008.txt |
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Even in a weak job market, the old college try isn't the answer for everyone. A briefing paper from the Brookings Institution warns that "we may have overdone the message" on college, senior fellow Isabel Sawhill said.
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The gloves are known as 'Talk to the Hand' and costPS1.000 a pair.
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The researchers found in a series of linked studies - using a messy desk and a messy shop front - that people actually thought more clearly when all around was chaos, as they sought to simplify the tasks at hand.
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Tokyo-based Maeda Corporation has announced the move as part of a national campaingn to cut energy use.
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The Shanghai History Museum is putting on an exhibition to mark the 80th anniversary of the Long March.On show are more than 220 photos and 40 items that explain with pictures how the communist Red Army drew back from its besieged bases in Jiangxi Province and fought its way to northern Shanxi Pr... | high13175.txt |
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"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "They travel at a very high speed."
},
"options": [
"They travel at a very high speed.",
"They are difficult to track by satellites.",
"They can blow up into millions of pieces.",
"They are as soft as a ball in the air."... | Satellites play big roles in modern life. Some look downward to monitor environmental conditions on Earth.Others look outward in search of major solar flares that can trouble the transmission of electrical power to homes and businesses. Some spy on our enemies. Others relay communications around the globe. But all of... | high13613.txt |
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{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "Football"
},
"options": [
"Basketball",
"Football",
"Golf",
"Tennis"
],
"question": "_ is the most popular sport in England.",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
{
"answer": {
"answer_inde... | Sport is very popular in England. In other words lots of English people like the idea of sport. A lot watch sport on TV. But the number who take part in sport is quite small. On the whole English people prefer to be fat rather than thin.
The most popular sport in England is football. Football is played on Saturday afte... | high58.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 2,
"answer_text": "a newspaper"
},
"options": [
"a scientific report",
"a financial report",
"a newspaper",
"a travel journal"
],
"question": "The text is probably taken from _ .",
"question_type": "cloze_questions"
},
... | Owning a smart phone may not be as smart as you think. They may let you surf the Internet, listen to music and snap photos wherever you are... but they also turn you into a workaholic . A study suggests that, by giving you access to emails at all times, the all-singing, all-dancing mobile phone adds as much as two hou... | high9708.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 3,
"answer_text": "Their brains were not so active as they were"
},
"options": [
"They slept for about five minutes longer.",
"Their brains never recovered from their work.",
"They complained they were too tired to sleep.",
"Their brains ... | Werewolves aren't the only creatures affected by the moon's cycles. A full moon slightly affects people's sleep, reports a Swiss team of scientists. Even people's sleep in a lab without windows experienced a small shortfall in sleep once a month.
To test the moon's effect, 33 adult volunteers of both sexes and vario... | high7725.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 1,
"answer_text": "telephone calls made by tourists"
},
"options": [
"transport between the airport and the hotel",
"telephone calls made by tourists",
"the services of guides to tourists",
"double rooms for every two tourists"
],
... | Eight Days from Just PS 299
Departs May October 2005
Includes:
*Return flights from 8 UK airports to Naples
*Return airport to hotel transport
*Seven nights' accommodation at the 3 Hotel Nice
*The services of guides
*Government taxes
Join us for a wonderful holiday in one of Europe's most wonderful comers. Long a favor... | high8416.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Headache may last several minutes."
},
"options": [
"Headache may last several minutes.",
"Headache maybe cover the whole body.",
"Headache has nothing to do with others.",
"Headache maybe anything except the tight feel... | Almost everyone suffers from a headache occasionally. But some people suffer from repeated, frequent headaches.
What is headache? What causes it? What can be done about a headache? What research is being done on headaches?
The dictionary defines headache simply as "a pain in the head." What most people mean by heada... | high23908.txt |
[
{
"answer": {
"answer_index": 0,
"answer_text": "Let's Go to the Beach!"
},
"options": [
"Let's Go to the Beach!",
"How to Enjoy Your Holidays",
"Welcome to Britain!",
"How to Travel in Britain"
],
"question": "Which is the best title for this passage?",
"... | Most visitors come to the UK expecting the rain and weather for which the country is famous. However, when summer finally arrives, British people like nothing more than heading for the coast. Here are some of more famous places of interest that you could expect to visit on a trip to Britain. Black pool, in the northwes... | high3543.txt |
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